Adult chat on skype

When I travel around schools giving talks to parents, the big issue is of course that Kik Messenger rated 17 is the number one messaging app used by primary school kids.

Many primary school parents might be disallowing the use of Facebook until 13yrs of age, which has a perfectly good messaging app for those kids over 13yrs of age, but are either allowing them to use Kik Messenger rated 17 or the child is not telling their mum and dad they are using it.

Similar results can be achieved with other video chat platforms like Facetime or Google Hangout.

As I’ve outlined in other posts, the only 2 messaging apps I can recommend for Primary school (under 13yrs) students are Apple i Message and Skype.Have materials at your side – storybooks, musical instruments, your child’s latest artwork or whatever you plan to show the other person so he doesn’t lose interest as one of you scramble to find something. Practice looking at the camera – it is tempting to keep your eyes on your own picture, or the images on the screen – but you really make eye contact when you look at the camera and that is better for interactive communication.2.Keep very young children engaged with you by playing ‘peek a boo’ – turn the camera away from you, then back to your face – and then sometimes when the camera comes back – you can surprise the kids by showing a book, or toy, or something else that you want to talk about.3.Be sure you check out who their friends are regularly. If you are very concerned about your child’s safety you can share an account with the child, so that you can log in and see their messages from wherever you are.Be sure your child cannot be contacted by anyone not in their contact list, by following the instructions outlined in the settings below.If your child does use a messaging app to chat with their friends, the upside is, free messaging, cheaper than paying for SMS.